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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King, at the
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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Westminster
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, the
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r in the Thirteenth Year
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of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain,
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Thomas Prickard
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, Gentleman,
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Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
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Martin Cascater
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Thomas
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Cranage
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Thomas Abbott
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Josiah Day
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Evan Tucker
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John Murless
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Alexander
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Dudgeon
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Jenkin Morris
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William Johnson
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Charles Healy
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John Wright
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Samuel Middleton
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John Gossart
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John Bruce
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James Watson
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Samuel
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Wigg
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and
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John Steers
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said Martin Cascater came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Martin Cascater on the Thirteenth
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day of December in the Year aforesaid, in the Evening, being
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walking upon and over certain Boats and Barges Floating
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in and upon the
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River Thames
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, that is to say, at
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Hungerford
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in the said
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within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, It so happened that the said
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Martin Cascater then and there Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune fell into the said
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River Thames
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, and in the Water,
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and Mud or Slime in the said River, was then and there
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Suffocated and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning
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he the said Martin Cascater then and there died. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Martin Cascater
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune came to his death, and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as
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well the said Coroner, as the said
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Thomas Cranage
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Foreman of the said
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Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have
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to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place
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first above written
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Tho. Prickard
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=
"WACWIC65212_n2923-1"
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>
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>
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65212_n2923-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
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"male"
>
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>
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rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
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"WACWIC65212_occ775"
>
Coroner
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rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65212_occ775"
type
=
"occupation"
value
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.
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p
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p
n
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>
Thos. Cranage
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inst
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"Thos"
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interp
inst
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type
=
"gender"
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=
"male"
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</
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>
Foreman
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p
>
</
div1
>
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